Contradiction? There are good kinds of unemployment as well as bad kinds? Why isn't unemployment by outsourcing/offshoring "freeing people to do other things"?

Your right, it does. Unfortunately the incentive to do other things is lost through welfare/unemployment insurance umbrella. Not always and not for everyone, but there is evidence that many unemployed workers find work once the unemployment insurance is up. I remember reading that in some country, when extending the UI benefit to two years it took that much longer for workers to find work and again when extended to four years. If I'm not mistaken Canada shortened overall time of UI benefits.

Originally Posted by BuddyRey

Do you think it's a coincidence that the most cherished standard of the Ron Paul campaign was a sign highlighting the word "love" inside the word "revolution"? A revolution not based on love is a revolution doomed to failure. So, at the risk of sounding corny, I just wanted to let you know that, wherever you stand on any of these hot-button issues, and even if we might have exchanged bitter words or harsh sentiments in the past, I love each and every one of you - no exceptions!

If we take it to the logical conclusion, we could pretty much just sit on our asses and let robots do everything for us. We could have 99% unemployment, and still have more wealth and standard of living than now.

Which is why automation and advances in productivity should result in shorter standard workweeks.

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